Nino Orlandi, 1946 | Wood sculptor

Italian sculptor Nino Orlandi is a self-taught artist. In spite of his lack of formal education, has mastered a literary genre of sculpture.

His pieces convey immense talent and dimension, apparent in his many works titled The Book of Life, The Magic Mountain and The Book of Dreams.

While Orlandi's books are for the most part blank, showcasing planks of wood in place of words, he has managed to relay intricate stories to his followers.

Victoria Stoyanova, 1968 | Abstract painter

Bulgarian painter Victoria Stoyanova, was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her colorful fantasy paintings reflect the mystery of female beauty, setting light and darkness in harmony and art where human warmth and wisdom dominates.

Her art is kaleidoscopic, setting light and darkness in harmony, and art where human warmth dominates, outlined old traditions, alluding both perennial wisdom and the modern aesthetics imposed by the XX-th century.

Icons and paintings by Victoria are owned by private collectors in Bulgaria, UK, Germany, Greece, Russia, Cyprus, Italy, Austria, USA, Hungary, Japan, Canada, The Nitherlands, Switzerland, New Zealand, Izrael and Lebanon.

Iain Faulkner, 1973 ~ British Style

Scottish Iain Faulkner's paintings are concerned with the portrayal of strong and powerful images relying on visual impact as there is rarely any narrative. They are about capturing calm and contemplative moments, intimate exchanges, solitude, sometimes melancholy, heightened in their resonance by the use of chiaroscuro.

Winslow Homer and the Sea

Winslow Homer 1836-1910, American painter, was one of the most authentic and important American artists of the nineteenth century.

He is remembered for his landscapes, many featuring scenes of the sea, boats, and coastlines. His mastery of sketching and watercolor lends to his oil paintings the invigorating spontaneity of direct observation from nature.

His subjects, often deceptively simple on the surface, dealt in their most serious moments with the theme of human struggle within an indifferent universe.

Jack Vettriano | Lovers and Others Strangers | VideoArt

• "I miei dipinti raccontano le cose che ho fatto e quelle che vorrei poter fare".

• "I painted beach scenes not because I was feeling nice, but because I wanted to get a particular effect of reflection".